PAUL. No, but we say you are Augustus with a difference.
JULIAN. How do I differ from my predecessors?
JOHN. In your religion and your virtue.
JULIAN. What do you mean?
PAUL. We mean that those most famous and glorious princes, Constantine, Constantius and Constance, whom we served, were very Christian rulers who were zealous in the service of God.
JULIAN. I know, but in this I do not choose to follow their example.
PAUL. You follow worse examples. They frequented the churches and, laying their diadems on the ground, adored Jesus Christ on their knees.
JULIAN. And you think that I should imitate them?
JOHN. You are not made of the same stuff.
PAUL. By doing homage to the Creator they elevated the Imperial dignity—yes, they transfigured it with the splendour of their virtue and their holy lives. So they deserved the success which crowned their enterprises.